Bengaluru: The low intensity blast on Monday evening at Principal District Judge Court Complex in Mysuru was similar to the simultaneous minor blasts that had taken place at the Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) party offices in Bengaluru about eleven years ago in August 2005, opined forensic experts who examined the spot.

According to sources in the Forensic Sciences Laboratory (FSL), the bomb was placed in a pressure cooker and most probably an act of mischief to create a scare. The experts from FSL also informed that they had found similarities between the blast which took place on Monday evening and the ones which took place at Congress and JD(S) offices in 2005.

Surprisingly, the blasts in 2005 also took place in August. The low intensity blasts took place at almost the same time. No one was injured in the incident.